Pineda Scratched; Bailey Ober debuting tonight!

[Seth Stohs]

Steve Stone was the first to tweet it, but Betsy Helfand has confirmed the report... and Do provided clarification... "Non-Pitching Related Health Ailment." More to come, I'm sure. 

 

 

[Dave The Dastardly]

Does this mean Pineda's season is Ober?

[wavedog]

This will certainly add some interest to the game.

[TouchEmAllGuy]

Good luck to Mr. Ober. He's going to need it!

[ashbury]

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due to a non-pitching related health ailment

Back in MY day, sonny, pitchers used to pitch whether they had a hangover or not.

[Dodecahedron]

Ober might be really good, but it seems unlikely he is ready for the big show.  Maybe the defense can help him out tonight, or maybe he is superman.  We will find out.

I didn't know he was on the 40-man roster.  It looks like he had to be.  Did the Twins hold him in the lower minors for too long?  I guess 2020 jacked his trajectory up a bit.

[ashbury]

8 minutes ago, Dodecahedron said:

Ober might be really good, but it seems unlikely he is ready for the big show.  Maybe the defense can help him out tonight, or maybe he is superman.  We will find out.

I didn't know he was on the 40-man roster.  It looks like he had to be.  Did the Twins hold him in the lower minors for too long?  I guess 2020 jacked his trajectory up a bit.

He became rule-5 eligible in the off-season and the FO apparently felt he was a risk to be lost to another team.

[Irishman]

Rumor has the Twins trading Buxton to the Yankees.  Please NO!  Many Yankees outfielders are injured.  Too bad for them!  Why the Twins want to make deals with the Yankees?  Remember in the late inning of the game Hicks made a huge catch and helped beat the Twins several years ago.  I say Screw the Yankees!    

[Greglw3]

56 minutes ago, Dave The Dastardly said:

Does this mean Pineda's season is Ober?

 

57 minutes ago, Dave The Dastardly said:

Does this mean Pineda's season is Ober?

I like your humor!!! Do the Twins have a trade in the works for Pineda?

[4twinsJA]

Good luck Bailey Ober. Great to see some new pitching for Twins. 

[mikelink45]

Nice team to make your debut against - good luck.

[Vanimal46]

1 hour ago, ashbury said:

Back in MY day, sonny, pitchers used to pitch whether they had a hangover or not.

David Wells likes this post. 

[Vanimal46]

59 minutes ago, Irishman said:

Rumor has the Twins trading Buxton to the Yankees.  Please NO!  Many Yankees outfielders are injured.  Too bad for them!  Why the Twins want to make deals with the Yankees?  Remember in the late inning of the game Hicks made a huge catch and helped beat the Twins several years ago.  I say Screw the Yankees!    

Who said this? I can’t find it anywhere. 

[Musk21]

Nothing to it. Joel Sherman of the NY Post listed Buxton as 1 of 7 potential replacements for Aaron Hicks. 

https://www.si.com/mlb/yankees/news/could-new-york-yankees-trade-for-minnesota-twins-center-fielder-byron-buxton-trade-deadline

[Dodecahedron]

7 minutes ago, Musk21 said:

Nothing to it. Joel Sherman of the NY Post listed Buxton as 1 of 7 potential replacements for Aaron Hicks. 

Ah.  Say no more.

[Eris]

https://www.mlb.com/prospects/twins/bailey-ober-641927

[sampleSizeOfOne]

1 hour ago, ashbury said:

Back in MY day, sonny, pitchers used to pitch whether they had a hangover or not.

They knew how to hurl back then?

[sampleSizeOfOne]

Anyway, hope Pineda is okay, and Ober does well!

[Seth Stohs]

Update on Pineda who had a cyst removed from his inner thigh. 

 

 

[LA Vikes Fan]

Why not? We've had everything else. It gives us to chance to see if someone new could help. I figure Happ is as good as traded if he can have a couple of decent starts, Shoemaker is a bust and Pineda is only 50/50 to make it through the year depending on whether they think he can be re-signed for next year.  We're going to need 2 or 3 new starters this year without injuries. Let's find out if Ober can be one of them!

[LA Vikes Fan]

By the way, if tonight's starter is standing at the top of the stairs with former slugger Adam at the bottom is he Ober Dunn? If Ober stays and Oscar's Madison's photographer roommate Felix goes to the bottom is he Ober Unger?  

I'll see myself out now. 

 

[Rigby]

Gave away Blankenhorn for 6-1/3 IP from Law.....

[ashbury]

24 minutes ago, LA VIkes Fan said:

By the way, if tonight's starter is standing at the top of the stairs with former slugger Adam at the bottom is he Ober Dunn? If Ober stays and Oscar's Madison's photographer roommate Felix goes to the bottom is he Ober Unger?

I'm setting the Ober-Unger for Bailey-tolerable puns during tonight's game thread at 10.

[sampleSizeOfOne]

58 minutes ago, ashbury said:

I'm setting the Ober-Unger for Bailey-tolerable puns during tonight's game thread at 10.

Speaking of game threads...

 

 

Is this it?